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Meghalaya governor RS Mooshahary advises people to eat bat meat
May 22, 2013 at 10:11 | Source: DNA India
Is bat meat sumptuous? At least Meghalaya governor RS Mooshahary thinks so. He has advised people to eat bat meat insisting that it is delicious and healthy. Bats eat only flowers and their meat is clean and delicious, Mooshahary said during the rel...
CPI-based inflation down in April
May 21, 2013 at 22:27 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
Shimla, May 21: The inflation based on consumer price index (CPI) for agricultural and rural labourers fell in April as compared to the previous month. The point-to-point rate of inflation based on the CPI-AL and CPI-RL decreased from 12.64 per cent...
Shillong: Uncle arrested for repeatedly raping mentally challenged minor
May 21, 2013 at 12:34 | Source: FirstPost
Shillong: A 13-year-old mentally unstable girl was repeatedly raped by her maternal uncle for several months at a remote village in Meghalayas West Khasi Hills district resulting in her pregnancy, police said on Tuesday.Bratstar Pariong (30) of Mawla...
Five migrant labourers gunned down by militants in Meghalaya
May 21, 2013 at 12:15 | Source: FirstPost
Shillong, May 20 (IANS) Suspected United Achik Liberation Army (UALA) militants shot five migrant coal miners Monday in Meghalaya's South Garo Hills district, police said.The miners, whose identity are yet to be established, were killed at Darangdura...
Garo rebel outfit 'sentences' Congress legislator to death
May 21, 2013 at 03:45 | Source: FirstPost
Shillong, May 20 (IANS) The outlawed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) has again threatened to kill Meghalaya Congress legislator Limison D. Sangma for not complying with their extortion demands, police said Monday."We have been informed by t...
Militanst kill five migrant workers in Meghalaya
May 21, 2013 at 00:30 | Source: FirstPost
Shillong, May 20 (IANS) Suspected United Achik Liberation Army (UALA) militants shot five migrant coal miners Monday in Meghalaya's South Garo Hills district, police said.The miners, whose identity are yet to be established, were killed at Darangdura...
Hilly states face logictics issues for buying PDS sugar
May 20, 2013 at 18:37 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
New Delhi, May 20: North Eastern and hilly states, including Jammu Kashmir, have expressed concerns over logistics for undertaking sugar procurement from the open market for PDS purpose, while big states like Andhra Pradesh have already issued tende...
Rajasthan govt's pre-poll sop may boost tablet sales
May 20, 2013 at 07:37 | Source: Economic Times
NEW DELHI: A barely-masked populist move by the Rajasthan government, just six months ahead of assembly elections, may help Indian tablet-makers boost sales by 3.5 lakh units. Last week, the Congress government in Rajasthan, led by chief minister As...
LIC Housing to float new entity for its business in North-East
May 19, 2013 at 21:22 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
Mumbai, May 19: LIC Housing Finance is planning to float a separate arm for undertaking home loans business in the North-Eastern part of the country. The second largest standalone housing finance company of the country has hit upon this strategy as ...
CMJ University to appeal against HC order to stop admissions
May 19, 2013 at 04:30 | Source: FirstPost
Shillong, May 18 (IANS) CMJ University Saturday decided to file a writ appeal after the Meghalaya High Court directed the controversial private varsity to stop admissions while throwing out its appeal to allow it to continue admissions."Our clie...
Wansuk becomes first Meghalaya woman to scale Everest
May 18, 2013 at 21:00 | Source: FirstPost
Shillong, May 18 (IANS) Wansuk Myrthong Saturday became the first woman from Meghalaya to conquer the 8,848 ft Mount Everest.This is the second time that a Meghalayan scaled the highest peak of the world after Gary Jarman Lamare, a photographer with ...
Manipur, Mizo groups want Inner Line Permit reintroced
May 18, 2013 at 00:00 | Source: FirstPost
Aizawl/Agartala, May 17 (IANS) A Manipuri group of activists has demanded the reintroduction of Inner Line Permits (ILP) in northeastern states to "protect the indigenous and domicile" people in the region."In the first phase of our ag...
‘Mahasen’ home and dry in double quick time
May 17, 2013 at 00:32 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
Thiruvananthapuram, May 16: Cyclone Mahasen sped through the last mile in quick time and crossed the Bangladesh coast on Thursday afternoon much earlier than anticipated. Regional Specialised Meteorological Centre, Delhi, said in an update that the ...
Over 1,000 IAS officers fail to submit property returns
May 16, 2013 at 23:12 | Source: Financial Express
Over 1,000 IAS officers have failed to submit their immovable property returns to the government within the stipulated time frame this year. Of the total of 1,057 officers who did not submit their IPRs for 2012, a highest of 147 are from Uttar Prade...
Rains lash Meghalaya as ‘Mahasen’ reaches Bangladesh
May 16, 2013 at 17:16 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
Shillong, May 16: Heavy rains lashed Meghalaya early today as cyclone ‘Mahasen’ crossed into neighbouring Bangladesh’s low-lying coast but officials said there was no direct threat to humans or agriculture in the state. The rains w...
Rains lash Meghalaya as 'Mahasen' reaches Bangladesh
May 16, 2013 at 16:36 | Source: DNA India
Heavy rains lashed Meghalaya early on Thursday as cyclone Mahasen crossed into neighbouring Bangladesh s low-lying coast but officials said there was no direct threat to humans or agriculture in the state. The rains were a result of the cyclonic sto...
May 16, 2013 at 06:02 | Source: Calcutta Telegraph News
Calcutta, May 15: French cement firm Lafarge today signed an agreement with Baring Private Equity Asia to sell a 14 per cent stake in its Indian arm for 200 million euros. “Lafarge SA signed an agreement to raise 200 million euros through capi...
Meghalaya may ask CBI to probe CMJ University scam
May 16, 2013 at 02:30 | Source: FirstPost
Shillong, May 15 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Wednesday hinted that the government may ask the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the illegal functioning of the controversial CMJ University."FIRs have been filed in di...
Rebels try to extort Rs.5 lakh from Meghalaya lawmaker
May 15, 2013 at 01:15 | Source: FirstPost
Shillong, May 14 (IANS) The outlawed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) have threatened to kill Meghalaya Congress legislator Limison D. Sangma if he fails to pay Rs.5 lakh extortion money, police said Tuesday."We have been informed that Sangm...
Mahasen to retain cyclone strength until landfall on Thursday
May 14, 2013 at 23:31 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
Thiruvananthapuram, May 14: Tropical cyclone Mahasen is at least two full days away from landfall over the Bangladesh coast and is expected to undergo one last round of intensification. India Met Department retained watch for monsoon onset over Anda...
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